University of Colorado Athletics
ITA Summer Circuit Comes To Boulder
July 10, 2015 | Tennis
The University of Colorado hosted a two-day tennis tournament July 11-12, in association with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Summer Circuit at the CU South Campus tennis courts.
"This weekend we had a great event with a lot of close and competitive matches," Colorado head tennis coach Nicole Kenneally said. "We had a couple of upsets but overall it was a great tournament represented by players from 10 different states from as far as New York and Maryland and representing 26 different universities. We look forward to hosting the event again next year."
Nearly 30,000 men and women have competed in ITA Summer Circuit events since it began in 1993. The circuit provides college (and junior and alumni) players the opportunity to compete in organized events virtually year round. Although the primary focus of the circuit is to provide incoming freshmen and collegiate players the chance to compete in the summer months, for NCAA compliance purposes, the events within the ITA Summer Circuit are categorized as “open”; therefore anyone is eligible to compete in these events as long as he/she is a current ITA member.
The ITA Summer Circuit is currently made up of nine regional circuits (Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Midwest, Central, Mountain, Texas, Northern California and Southern California) consisting of four consecutive open tournaments played during the month of July, leading up to the ITA/USTA National Summer Championships in Bloomington, Ind., in August.
Other locations for the ITA Summer Circuit Mountain Region include Denver (July 17-19) as well as BYU (July 24-25).
